In Brief, March 2008

By the Editors -- Foodservice Equipment and Supplies, 3/1/2008

Campero USA selected Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods (CJRW) as its advertising agency … Stero/Somat signed contracts with three sales representative firms, including Swanson-Girard and Associations for the North and South Carolina sales region; Food Service Applications for Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee; and HCH for the New York City metro area … Joe’s Crab Shack hired Matthew Dunn as executive chef and director of culinary … Spiegelau U.S.A. appointed Oneida Global Foodservice as its sales, marketing and distribution partner for the foodservice segment in the United States …Perlick named Carolina Marketing, headed by Tom Taylor, as its new manufacturer’s representative group for the North and South Carolina markets … Lincoln Foodservice Products promoted Melinda Gilbert to director of marketing and Beverly Coolman as director of marketing for Lincoln Smallwares … Burger King appointed Robert Perkins as vice president inclusion and talent management, a newly created position that will oversee BKC’s internal human relations and external recruitment … Andrew Cherng, founder and chairman of Panda Restaurant Group, and his wife, Peggy Cherng, PhD, the company’s co-chair, received the 2008 City of Angels Award from the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce … The Department of Defense’s retailer, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, announced it is embarking on a variety of energy-saving initiatives to reduce its impact on the environment.